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Work history and the access to contributory pensions. The case of Uruguay

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Marisa Bucheli () (Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República)
Alvaro Forteza () (Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República)
Ianina Rossi () (Departamento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República)

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Abstract

Incomplete and highly fragmented work histories threaten to leave many contributors of the pension schemes in Latin America without the minimum pension guarantee or even without access to the ordinary pension. We propose a methodology to assess this risk, identify vulnerable groups and study potential determinants of the history of contributions using information from the work history records of the social security institutions. We apply this methodology to the largest social security institution of Uruguay, the Banco de Previsión Social, and show that the majority of contributors to this institution might not comply with the minimum number of years of contribution that is currently required to access an ordinary pension when they reach the retirement age.

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Paper provided by Department of Economics - dECON in its series Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) with number 1607.

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Date of creation: Oct 2007
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Keywords: density of contributions; work history;

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H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped
J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies

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  4. Packard, Truman G., 2001. "Is there a positive incentive effect from privatizing social security : evidence from Latin America," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2719, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
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